Smartphone Contracts in the North of England

Smartphone
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smartphone in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Smartphone over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 174 194
Rank change year-on-year +37 +20 +11
Contract jobs citing Smartphone 29 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.88% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 1.16% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 14 14
10th Percentile - - £190
25th Percentile £193 - £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £205 £126 £200
Median % change year-on-year +62.70% -37.00% -
75th Percentile £220 £193 £238
90th Percentile £292 £598 £250
England median daily rate £205 £206 £200
% change year-on-year -0.29% +2.80% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £13.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -30.00% +42.70%
75th Percentile - £14.50 £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.16 £15.00 £21.22
% change year-on-year +27.70% -29.31% +24.82%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Smartphone falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,009 1,292 1,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 30.57% 27.17% 30.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 645 792 1,218
10th Percentile £220 £265 £285
25th Percentile £367 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £581 £582 £622
90th Percentile £664 £656 £688
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 154 86
10th Percentile £22.20 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £24.25 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £31.76 £15.14 £18.62
Median % change year-on-year +109.81% -18.70% +0.11%
75th Percentile £46.18 £26.62 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.50 £47.98 £66.00
England median hourly rate £33.91 £30.16 £22.49
% change year-on-year +12.43% +34.13% -16.72%

Smartphone
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Smartphone as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Smartphone in the North of England

Smartphone
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Smartphone in the North of England

Smartphone
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Smartphone in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Smartphone in the North of England

Smartphone
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Smartphone in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Smartphone in the North of England

Smartphone
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Smartphone within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +20 15 £300 +100.00% 11
North West +10 9 £205 +62.70% 13
North East - 5 £200 - 2
Smartphone
England

Smartphone
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (44.83%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.79%) Google Workspace
4 2 (6.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) 2G
1 7 (24.14%) 3G
1 7 (24.14%) 4G
1 7 (24.14%) 5G
2 2 (6.90%) VoIP
3 1 (3.45%) ATM
3 1 (3.45%) Ethernet
3 1 (3.45%) LAN
3 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.45%) WAN
3 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.45%) Wireless
General
1 16 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (44.83%) Retail
3 4 (13.79%) Military
3 4 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Support Manager
2 10 (34.48%) IT Support
3 8 (27.59%) 1st Line Support
3 8 (27.59%) 1st Line Support Manager
3 8 (27.59%) IT Manager
3 8 (27.59%) IT Support Manager
4 5 (17.24%) Support Assistant
5 4 (13.79%) Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) IT Engineer
5 4 (13.79%) Service Analyst
5 4 (13.79%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (10.34%) Support Engineer
7 2 (6.90%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support
8 1 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) EPoS Engineer
8 1 (3.45%) Installations Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (44.83%) iPhone
2 7 (24.14%) IoT
3 4 (13.79%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.45%) CMDB
4 1 (3.45%) EPoS
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (58.62%) Mac OS
2 9 (31.03%) Android
2 9 (31.03%) Apple iOS
3 4 (13.79%) Windows
4 1 (3.45%) Linux
4 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Customer Service
2 18 (62.07%) ITIL
3 17 (58.62%) Mobile Device Management
4 15 (51.72%) ITSM
5 14 (48.28%) Service Management
6 13 (44.83%) Incident Management
7 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.24%) Time Management
9 4 (13.79%) Data Security
9 4 (13.79%) Validation
10 2 (6.90%) Collaborative Working
11 1 (3.45%) Computer Science
11 1 (3.45%) Incident Response
11 1 (3.45%) Migration
11 1 (3.45%) People Management
11 1 (3.45%) Preventative Maintenance
11 1 (3.45%) Service Delivery
11 1 (3.45%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) SC Cleared
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.45%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.45%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 14 (48.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (44.83%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) ServiceNow
2 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
3 13 (44.83%) Apple
4 4 (13.79%) Google
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce